Current World Environment Vol. 9(3), 695-703 (2014) Applications of Magnetic Water Technology in Farming and Agriculture Development: A Review of Recent Advances YADOLLAHPOUR ALI 1 *, RASHIDI SAMANEH 1 and FATEMEH KAVAKEBIAN 2 1 Department of Medical Physics, School of Medicine, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Golestan Blvd., Ahvaz, Iran. 2 Department of Anatomical Sciences, Faculty of medicine, Semnan University of Medical Sciences, Semnan, Iran. http://dx.doi.org/10.12944/CWE.9.3.18 (Received: November 24, 2014; Accepted: December 06, 2014) ABSTRACT Magnetic water treatment (MWT) techniques have shown promising potentials in different areas specially agriculture. Safety, compatibility and simplicity, environmentally friendliness, low operating cost and not proven harmful effects are the main advantages of electromagnetic field (EMF) over conventional methods for water treatment. Magnetized or magnetic water (MW) possesses unique physical and chemical characteristics making it a multi-purpose compound with potential benefits in medical treatment, industrial as well as environmental applications. The unique physical and electrochemical characteristics of MW have attracted research interests to develop different devices and techniques in agricultural and environmental applications. Improvements of irrigation water quality and quantity, crop yields and quality, soil improvement and water saving are some of the reported benefits of MWT in agriculture. In addition, magnetic field treatments have shown beneficial effects on the germination of seeds, plant growth and development, the ripening and yield of field crops. The main challenge in applications of MW in agriculture is efficient integrating of irrigation components, designing suitable pumps compatible with technical and field requirements of magnetic MWT systems. The present study reviews the applications of MW in agricultures. The practical challenges in using MW as well as future perspective are discussed. Key words: Magnetic Water Treatment, Agriculture, Magnetized water, Crop yield, Irrigation water treatment. INTRODUCTION Electromagnetic fields (EMFs) have shown great potentials in medical, industrial and environmental applications 1-7 . Because of the electrical origin of the live and existence of all cells and living creatures, EMFs can interact with all living cells so that can modulate their functions. These modulations in appropriate conditions can have useful outcomes such as treatment or inducing the desire characteristics in different compounds. Water is a crucial source for life on the earth. Any living creature needs water to hydrate every cell. Long term and frequent droughts and competing water demands in most parts of the world have caused severe pressure on water resources. In addition, high costs of irrigation in the most countries are the main problem of agriculture development. Annually large quantities of water are used in agriculture. Therefore emerging of new strategies to reduce consumption of water is of significant importance. One of the new strategies is magnetic water technology. Various studies have revealed that magnetic treatment of irrigation water can improve the productivity of water 8- 10 . MWT has shown promising potential in saving water resources that will be of significant importance in near future. MWT has shown various potentials in environmental and agricultural applications 6, 3 . Some of these applications are therapeutic effects of MW, preventing scale deposition, improving irrigation